HazMat Decontamination Facilities and Personal Protective Equipment in Emergency Department
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Use of personal protective equipment in Canadian pediatric emergency departments.
OBJECTIVE Numerous barriers to maintaining infection control practices through the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) exist in the emergency department (ED). This study examined the knowledge, self-reported behaviours, and barriers to compliance with infection control practices and the use of PPE in Canadian pediatric EDs. METHODS A self-administered survey instrument consisting of 21...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00026327